Chris Columbus is the director of  "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," starring Logan Lerman, Uma Thurman, and Pierce Brosnan. The film is being released February 12 by 20th Century Fox.

"To me, this story was perfect because it had this whole great world of Greek Mythology populated by monsters we could create and design and put in our world," says Columbus. "And, the heart of the story is about a young man who wants to save his mother and find out who is his father is. So that made it a very emotional story. The kind of story I respond to as a director."

Logan Lerman plays Percy Jackson in "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief," directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter). The film, also starring Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan, is being released February 12 by 20th Century Fox.

Lerman relished working on such a large canvas. "This is a big movie!" Lerman exclaims. "I've never been part of a movie like this, on this level. The size kind of takes you back every day. And, with Chris Columbus attached, this amazing filmmaker, I wouldn't want to put my career in the hands of anybody else.

Pierre Morel (Taken) is the director of "From Paris With Love," which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Travolta. The film is being released February 5 by Lionsgate.

This project is more about the relationship between the two guys, who aren’t supposed to work well with each other but they have to, and that’s what makes it fun,” he explains. “It starts out like a funny buddy movie and evolves, slowly but surely, into a darker plot, all the way to the final twist.”

John Travolta plays Charlie Wax in "From Paris With Love," directed by French director Pierre Morel (Taken). The film, which also stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, is being released February 5 by Lionsgate.

“Charlie Wax is one of those guys who, because he’s so good at what he does, can afford to be a little unethical,” explains Travolta. “He's the kind of guy that would be hired, for a lot of money, to go into very dangerous situations, war zones and so on, to do espionage type of work, undercover type of work, and he’s got it nailed. He’s not afraid of death. He has the war mentality.”

Benicio Del Toro stars in "The Wolfman," a remake of the legendary classic from 1935. The film, directed by Joe Johnston, is being released by Universal on February 12.

"Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy… when I was a kid, I watched these movies,” Del Toro explains. “My earliest recollection of acting was watching Lon Chaney, Jr. play the Wolf Man. We wanted to honor this classic movie and the Henry Hull movie Werewolf of London. We knew it would be exciting to make it in the classic, handcrafted way.”